PPC Engines Which Allow Cloaked Affiliate Links

[Apollo-Articles]

Hi Warriors,

Most of us know Google Adwords likes nothing less than someone direct linking to an affiliate link.

But can anyone tell me if any PPC engines do allow this?

Many thanks,

Sam

[dburk]

Hi Sam,

Say's who?

Google has no problem with direct linking. They just limit one ad at a time for the same website.

[Apollo-Articles]

From my experience affiliate links & Adwords don't mix well. Can you recommend me any more?

Thanks,

Sam

[tryinhere]

Originally Posted by Apollo-Articles

From my experience affiliate links & Adwords don't mix well. Can you recommend me any more?

Thanks,

Sam

As dburk mentions, there is no problem at all with using an affiliate link / direct link with adwords. It may be just that most people use a direct link / affiliate link to a non preferred google site and because of this people are confused and think its the link causing the problem which is incorrect.

[ProvenViral]

I haven't seen a PPC network right now that accept direct linking - I usually go through a landing page and test out different landers to see which ones convert best.

[dburk]

Hi Sam,

I believe the only problem Google AdWords has with affiliate marketing is that many affiliate marketers routinely violate AdWords policies. Everyone must follow the same policies, affiliate marketers are not excluded, though many act as if they are exempt from policies merely due to the fact that they are paying for ads.

Beyond that, I would caution anyone that is using AdWords, as a source of traffic for affiliate marketing, to avoid direct linking due to the fact that you are held accountable for the merchants content and practices, which are beyond your control.

Additionally, you should avoid linking to a merchants sales page from an AdWords landing page. Linking to the merchants sales page may be interpreted as a violation of AdWords policy regarding Bridge pages.

The only smart way to use AdWords as a source of traffic for affiliate marketing is to create your own landing page and only link to the merchants checkout page.

[wolfmmiii]

Originally Posted by dburk

I believe the only problem Google AdWords has with affiliate marketing is that many affiliate marketers routinely violate AdWords policies. Everyone must follow the same policies, affiliate marketers are not excluded, though many act as if they are exempt from policies merely due to the fact that they are paying for ads.

Beyond that, I would caution anyone that is using AdWords, as a source of traffic for affiliate marketing, to avoid direct linking due to the fact that you are held accountable for the merchants content and practices, which are beyond your control.

Additionally, you should avoid linking to a merchants sales page from an AdWords landing page. Linking to the merchants sales page may be interpreted as a violation of AdWords policy regarding Bridge pages.

The only smart way to use AdWords as a source of traffic for affiliate marketing is to create your own landing page and only link to the merchants checkout page.

Anyone interested in promoting affiliate products via AdWords would be wise to follow this advice. I routinely promote Amazon affiliate sites of mine via AdWords and I would NEVER direct link to an affiliate link for the reason stated above.